{"id":1111,"date":"2026-07-13T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/?page_id=1111"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:00:39","slug":"remembrance-day-lessons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/curriculum-connections\/remembrance-day-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Day Lessons!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-8roh87-edd59e66973741419f9351306e894581 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mrjp33c0-5b62d330f7e08aeb52b6b101ccab44aa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_1112\" style=\"width: 811px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-image-1112 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940-801x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940-801x1030.jpg 801w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940-548x705.jpg 548w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/British_Columbia_Regiment_1940.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Wait for Me, Daddy&#8221; (October 1, 1940) Photographer: Claude Dettloff. As Canadian soldiers marched off to serve during the Second World War, five-year-old Warren (&#8220;Whitey&#8221;) Bernard ran to hold his father&#8217;s hand one last time. The photograph became one of Canada&#8217;s most iconic images of the war and reminds us of the sacrifices made by soldiers and their families.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-68o5p3-863e6115c6ef1b9121f64f25c11e3acc av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4qha7r-8e2d2741a9ea1d874deb6ac08f58bced\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-4qha7r-8e2d2741a9ea1d874deb6ac08f58bced .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-4qha7r-8e2d2741a9ea1d874deb6ac08f58bced '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QrkgV5bl7kQ\">The Trews &#8211; Highway of Heroes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjUpuO0DLVw\"> Remembrance Day Child<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg\">Liam Clancy &#8211; Band Played Waltzing Matilda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM\">1914 | Sainsbury&#8217;s Ad | Christmas 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2s1YvnfcFVs\">The story behind 1914 | Christmas Ad | Sainsbury&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B5on4WK1MpA\">John McCutcheon: Christmas in the trenches (1984)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FvYIIuxh2kY\">Conditions in Trenches &#8211; Dan Snow&#8217;s Battle of the Somme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hRMcPJrWm-g\">PORCELAIN UNICORN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n<p>1914-1918 The Great War (100 years)<br \/>\n\u2022 PTSD, Shell Shock<br \/>\n\u2022 Trenches: lice, corpse rats (as large as dogs), diseases, trench foot, dichotomy between the reality of<br \/>\nwar and idealism\/romanticism<br \/>\n\u2022 Wilfred Owen, WW1 poet dead at 22<br \/>\n\u2022 Torch of Memory<br \/>\n\u2022 Students write a sonnet \u201dAnthem for Doomed Youth\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 A good poem makes you ask questions<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cIn war, there are no unwounded soldiers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilfred Owen served as a British soldier during the First World War. After witnessing the horrors of trench warfare firsthand, he wrote poetry that revealed the true cost of war. Unlike poems that glorify battle, Owen&#8217;s work emphasizes loss, sacrifice, and the human impact of conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>&#8220;Anthem for Doomed Youth,&#8221;<\/strong> Owen compares a traditional funeral with the reality faced by soldiers who die on the battlefield. Instead of church bells, prayers, and flowers, they are surrounded by the sounds of gunfire, exploding shells, and rifles.<\/p>\n<p>As you read, think about the emotions Owen wants the reader to experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Anthem for Doomed Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Wilfred Owen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?<br \/>\n\u2014 Only the monstrous anger of the guns.<br \/>\nOnly the stuttering rifles&#8217; rapid rattle<br \/>\nCan patter out their hasty orisons.<br \/>\nNo mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;<br \/>\nNor any voice of mourning save the choirs,\u2014<br \/>\nThe shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;<br \/>\nAnd bugles calling for them from sad shires.<\/p>\n<p>What candles may be held to speed them all?<br \/>\nNot in the hands of boys, but in their eyes<br \/>\nShall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.<br \/>\nThe pallor of girls&#8217; brows shall be their pall;<br \/>\nTheir flowers the tenderness of patient minds,<br \/>\nAnd each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think About It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you read, consider these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why does Owen compare soldiers to &#8220;cattle&#8221; in the opening line?<\/li>\n<li>What sounds replace the bells and prayers of a traditional funeral?<\/li>\n<li>Which images or words stand out to you the most? Why?<\/li>\n<li>How does the poem change your understanding of war?<\/li>\n<li>What message do you think Owen wanted readers to remember?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Word<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Passing bells<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 Church bells rung after someone dies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Orisons<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 Prayers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pall<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 A cloth placed over a coffin during a funeral.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pallor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 A pale appearance, often caused by sadness or shock.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Shires<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 Rural counties or regions in Britain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wilfred Owen believed that war should not be romanticized. Through powerful imagery and sound, he encourages us to remember the sacrifices of soldiers and the grief experienced by the families and communities they leave behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The true tragedy of war is not only found on the battlefield, but also in the hearts of those left behind.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/The-Sniper-Vocabulary.pdf\">The Sniper Vocabulary<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sniper Liam O&amp;apos;Flaherty Audiobook\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JtN_Vm3KSio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2gym2f-f4d5da42d03e15de935259f2c660d352 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bg_child_page_menu_hide":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111\/revisions\/1617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}